“[Rummo is] uniquely qualified... It is clear from the quality of his writing that he has been at this for quite a while. Plenty of exercise for the mind and soul.”
-Willard Samuel, Adjunct Scholar at Frontiers of Freedom

 

Journalism Awards

Rummo has won 8 journalism awards beginning way back in 1974 when he won first place for sports writing in the annual St. Bonaventure University Journalism Contest. 

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Temptation Island
Rummo won second place ($5,000) in the 2001 Amy Writing Awards contest for his column, "Prime-time Debauchery Makes Mockery of Fidelity," that appeared in The Record.

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Greatest Story of Forgiveness
In April, 2007, Rummo won one of 15 Outstanding Merit Journalism Awards for his column, "The Greatest Story of Forgiveness," that appeared in the New Jersey Herald. Rummo's column was among 15 finalists out of over 600 entries in the 2006 Amy Writing Award contest.
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Defender of the

Family Media Award

In April, 2005, the New Jersey Family Policy Council presented  Rummo with the "Defender of the Family Media Award" at its annual banquet.
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Rummo's account of a very special fishing trip with his two sons, James and John entitled, "The Secret to Fishing," is among the 101 heartwarming stories in this edition of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series.

 

 

“Greg Rummo is a great writer and a great human being, facts that shine like precious stones in his prolific output. I have trouble not hating him for his talent and energy.”
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A Dream Fulfilled in Peru's Cordillera Blanca

By GREGORY J. RUMMO

NEW JERSEY NEWSROOM.COM, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2010

Jorge Marin had always dreamed of returning to his home country of Peru to help impoverished children living in the mountains where he had grown up. In June, 2009 that dream became a reality when he returned with a group of people from the Madison Avenue Baptist Church in Paterson, NJ. More Info

Click this link to view photos from the June, 2010 trek

 

 

Reconfiguring Our World to Conform with His

By GREGORY J. RUMMO
THE RECORD, SATURDAY MARCH 27, 2010
 

"Avatar's" creator and director James Cameron describes himself as "the nerdiest kid in high school." But it was that nerdiness and its attendant curiosity that drove him passionately to be what he has become today sitting atop the world of CG. 

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Photo by Gregory J. Rummo

 

The Forgotten People of Canchirao

By GREGORY J. RUMMO
SIGNIFICANT LIVING MAGAZINE, NOVEMBER 2009
 

We had walked for days to get here. As we trekked ever higher along the narrow trail through the pass at 13,000 feet, little did we realize what we would find in the village that lay in the valley 1,000 feet below us.
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Putting the Gulf Oil Spill in Perspective

THE NEW JERSEY HERALD, SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 2010
By GREGORY J. RUMMO
 

Perhaps it was a safer time when all we had to do was shovel manure from the streets of our towns. Or when it took months to get a letter in the mail or to travel coast to coast.
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Life in the Boonies
By GREGORY J. RUMMO

A new series of regular columns on the lighter side dealing with just about every aspect of life in the suburbs of northern New Jersey. Appearing Wednesdays at New Jersey Newsroom. Click the logo to go to the most recent column or visit the archives to catch up on any you may have missed reading.

 

To read this week's Life in the Boonies: "Navigating New Jersey's Interstates," click the NJNewsroom logo below.
 



 

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“The student of American culture, the patriot with red-white-and-blue blood, the parent with typical frustrations and challenges of parenthood—all of them will enjoy and be moved by Gregory Rummo’s collection of columns in The View from the Grass Roots.”
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